Recognizing the importance of restoring and conserving peatland, Peatland Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut, BRG)
is created in 2016 by a Presidential Regulation Number 1 of 2016. The
Agency is responsible for restoring 2 million of degraded peatland of 7
priority provinces to categorized into Peatland Hidrological Units (Kesatuan Hidrologi Gambut, KHG) by 2020.
The Caring-for Peatland Villages (Desa Peduli Gambut,
DPG) Program is conceived for BRG to achieve its national development
targets: BRG is responsible for the achievement of both environmental
quality and village development improvements (as indicated in Table 1)
across all peatland villages under its mandate. The
program emphasizes and promotes the roles and functions of villages and
communities in managing peatland restoration and addressing peat fire –
in alignment villages’ roles as defined in Village Law Number 6 of
2014.All development programs in peatland
villages (within and at the vicinity of restored peatland areas) are to
be well aligned through activities such as participatory village mapping
and spatial planning, conflict mitigation and resolution, rights and
access legal recognition, institutional building for hidrology and land
management, inter village cooperation, economic empowerment, and
strengthening of indigenous and local knowledge ini mitigating the risks
and responding to peat fire. In achieving its ambitious mandate within a
short time frame, BRG has chosen Kemitraan to partner in four, of the
seven priority provinces locations of the program namely, South
Sumatera, Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and Papua.
Peatland fires have blazed across Indonesia for over 20 years. Key drivers for these fires include land
clearance in order to plant palm oil and trees for pulp and paper
products by companies as well as smallholders. Impacts of the fires and
haze directly affect the environment, business and daily life of people
in the surrounding region. The haze caused by the peatland fires in
2015 from June to October caused Indonesia to economic lose of USD 16 billion in damage to agriculture, forestry, transport and tourism.
Indonesia
contains approximately 22 million hectares of peatland, which is
approximately 5% of the global peatland area. Peatlands cover around 3%
of the globe, but store one-third of the total global soil carbon. At
present, Indonesian peatland stores 132 gigaton of CO2. In comparison,
the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, is storing 168 gigaton of
CO2.. (Norway Factsheet, 2012). Tropical peat swamp forests represent a
unique ecosystem comprising interdependent biotic and abiotic
components. Any change to the natural balance between water, soil and
vegetation will result in Green House Gas emissions and also impact negatively upon neighbouring mineral soils and river systems including farmland and centres of aquaculture.
In
2014 President Jokowi laid out his priority agenda, Nawa Cita which
also integrated ongoing reforms for more efficient, transparent and
accountable government. Nawa Cita incorporates the
use of programs such as REDD+ to play a role in alleviating rural
poverty, enabling development, emphasizing good governance and
anti-corruption as keys to improve forest and peatland management.. The
integration of REDD+ into the new Directorate General of Climate Change
consolidated efforts to reduce carbon emissions due to degradation of forest and peatlands among other activities within the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
The
establishment of the Indonesian Peatland Restoration Agency, Badan
Restorasi Gambut (BRG) under Presidential Regulation No.1 Year 2016 is a
commitment by President Jokowi in giving a new hope for Indonesia to
implement better management of its peatlands and preventing forest
fires. Peatland management includes the organizing, controlling,
regulation and administration of peatland for specified purposes.
Management should be appropriate to the peatland type, intended use,
socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions. Peat
restoration program can only be effective if related stakeholders are
involved, in particular indigenous peoples and/or local communities
living in villages whose territory is located on peatlands. This
initiative emphasizes forest and land fire prevention with peat
restoration in villages and rural areas. Initiation of "Desa Peduli
Gambut" (Caring-for-Peat Village) emphasizes and promotes the role and
functions of villages and communities. Utilizing local stakeholders in
order to prevent forest fires and manage the restoration of peatlands
Based on the Government’s plan to restore up
to 2 million hectares of peatland and support the attempts of
sustainable peatland management (protection, rehabilitation, and
utilization), the Peatlands Restoration Agency has been preparing a concept of Desa Peduli Gambut (Caring-for-Peat Village) that will be implemented at village level. Desa Peduli Gambut is an integrated approach of participatory rural development that seeks topromote sustainable peat management and sustainable livelihood of the community.
This
approach covers the management of various participatory development
activities at the village level and integrating these into rural
development planning. Various activities can be conducted within the
framework of Desa Peduli Gambut, such as community village mapping,
community based forest fire mitigation, canal blocking, land
rehabilitation, development of alternative sources of livelihood,
empowering indigenous people, revitalization of local wisdom, and
integrate these activities into in the village planning (Rural Medium
Term Development Plan/RJMDes, Annual Village Plan /RKP Des, and Village
Budgeting/APBDes). In supporting the implementation of peatland
conservation and restoration at community and village level, through
financial support that will be provided by Norwegian Government,
Kemitraan cooperates with BRG in implementing Desa Peduli Gambut in 7
priority provinces. In ensuring an effective project implementation,
Kemitraan will manage a project management unit at national level,
supported by staffs based in Jakarta, Province, District and Village
level.
Under the guidance
and direct supervision of National Project Manager for Desa Peduli Gambut (DPG),
Project Officer, and Program Manager for
Sustainable Environment Governance (SEG), Provincial Coordinator will
provide oversight on the assigned specific project location(s) and is primarily
responsible for coordination of project related activities. S/He will be
responsible for coordinating the overall project planning, implementation,
monitoring of progress, facilitation of requirements to secure project
progress, synergize activities with supervisors and across the relevant staff
within the project, coordination and relationship building with local key
stakeholders. DPG Provincial Coordinator is responsible for the smooth
implementation and coordination of monitoring and evaluation activities, for
the specific quality and timely results, and follows all necessary
administrative/financial (internal and Donor) rules related to implementation.
DPG
Provincial Coordinator will work closely with National Project Manager, Project
Officers, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning unit, Field
Supervisors,
Community
Facilitators, Admin & Procurement Officer, Finance & Grant Officers, Project Finance and Administration Assistants, Grantees, Consultants/Experts and
Advisors,
Government institutions (BRG, MoEF, Local governments), and other staffs within Kemitraan’s office.
Kemitraan
is currently looking for 2 persons to fill in the Provincial
Coordinator posts to be based in South Sumatera and Papua. The position
is for 5 month (until May 2018) with a possibility of extension until
September 2020.
For further detailed information of the job description, please check our website at www.Kemitraan.or.id
Please send your application and resume to recruitment@kemitraan.or.id
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